ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida lawmakers recently passed a bill on immigration enforcement, but Gov. Ron DeSantis has threatened to veto it, saying it doesn't go far enough.

He wants the state to take a more active role in deportation efforts and has already signed a partnership allowing state police to enforce immigration laws.

However, some law enforcement officials believe immigration enforcement should remain a federal responsibility.

Orange County Sheriff John Mina, who serves legislative committee for the Florida Sheriff’s Association, says with legislation going back and forth between the governor and lawmakers, it’s too soon to tell what impact it will have.

But he feels agencies like Orange County should not participate in immigration disputes.

“That is the job of the federal government. I know many sheriffs share that same sentiment,” Mina said Wednesday. “We are focused on violent crime. Now certainly, if there is someone here in this country illegally that is a violent criminal, I’m just like everyone else — I don’t want to see them here either.”

Other sheriff's offices have also weighed in on the topic.

Officials with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office say its role mainly involves gathering and reporting details about undocumented immigrants in custody. This information is then sent to federal authorities.

Below is the full statement from the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office:

“The recent changes have to do with the level of information we are gathering and immediately reporting to the federal government about people in our custody on criminal charges. When deputies take someone into custody for a crime, and that person is determined to be an undocumented immigrant without legal status in the U.S., we are gathering more information about their country of origin, port of entry, method of arrival, length of stay in the U.S., etc., and reporting those details to the federal government, which can then place a detainer on the subject to deny bond and/or schedule deportation.”

Meanwhile, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office has long participated in ICE’s 287(g) program, which allows local law enforcement to perform certain immigration functions under ICE’s supervision.

The agency has 28 trained employees in its jail who can execute warrants for immigration violations.

The office also has a contract with ICE to house detainees awaiting deportation.

Below is the full statement from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office:

“As far as handling interactions or identifying illegal immigrants, there are currently no changes taking place as this is something we’ve partnered with ICE on for years. Just to give some background, we are a participating agency in ICE’s 287(g) program, which is a jail-based program that allows local law enforcement agencies that oversee their jails to perform specific immigration enforcement functions under ICE’s supervision. Specifically, we have 28 trained employees in the jail who are authorized to execute warrants for immigration violations on identified noncitizen inmates who are in our jail on local charges. Those warrants allow our employees to then transfer custody of those criminals to ICE instead of letting them back into the community once they are able to be released.

In addition, we are also a contracted service provider for ICE, meaning our jail is designated as an authorized housing facility for criminal noncitizens waiting to be interviewed or picked up by ICE authorities. We have room available, and we get reimbursed by ICE for those detentions.

We will be continuing our long-standing partnership and cooperation with ICE to remove criminal noncitizens from our community, but, for right now, it’s too early to see what changes are coming and how those changes will impact our existing agreement. We certainly won’t be taking a step back or decreasing our efforts in any way moving forward. Our constituents appreciate the fact that noncitizens who commit local crimes here can be handed over to ICE for deportation, rather than being released back into the community to commit further crimes.”

Several Central Florida law enforcement agencies also participate in an ICE program that executes warrants for immigration violations on identified noncitizen inmates.

They are:

• Brevard County Sheriff’s Office
• Flagler County Sheriff’s Office
• Lake County Sheriff’s Office
• Marion County Sheriff’s Office
• Osceola County Corrections Department
• Polk County Sheriff’s Office
• Seminole County Sheriff’s Office
• Sumter County Sheriff’s Office

In all, 45 counties across the state have this program along with the Florida Department of Corrections.